athénée

French

Etymology

From Latin Athenaeum, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηναῖον (Athēnaîon), from Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.te.ne/

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Noun

athénée m (plural athénées)

1. (Belgium, Luxembourg, Louisiana) a type of high school; atheneum

Usage notes

This noun is often erroneously labelled as feminine.

Further reading

• “athénée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.